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Chapter Four: A Chance

It's been an hour since Bruce left the site with El and they were now heading back to the Wheelers house, once they arrived Bruce put his bike in front of the house. When he looked in the window he saw that Ted and Karen were in the living room, he pulled his head down before leading El though the back door and into the basement which was out of view. When he got to the bottom he saw Mike looking through drawings, Mike looked up at them before looking back down after receiving a glare from Bruce. He realized he had been holding El's hand which he let go of before she went to the pillow fort where her sleeping bag was.

She sat down and grabbed Mike's Walkie Talkie that was sitting nearby before messing with it for a few minutes which produced a static sound. Bruce walked to his bean bag/bed, which was next to the pillow fort, and sat on it.

After a few more minutes passed as El kept messing with it and Mike eventually getting annoyed

"Can you please stop that?"

She turned it off for a few seconds before turning it back on 

"Are you deaf?"

El didn't look at him and Bruce sent a glare he didn't see as he continued

"I thought we were friends, you know?"

El looked up as Mike continued "But friends tell each other the truth. And they definitely don't lie to each other"

Before he could continue he was interrupted by Bruce

"She didn't lie. She told you where he IS, he's alive but not in the right place"

Mike looked over at the boy "She made me think he was OK, but he's not!"

"He is! As I said it's where he is that's the problem"

"The problem is that she lied! She might have thought she was helping but she wasn't"

He paused for a few seconds "Lucas was right about you, all along"

Bruce looked at him with anger and was about to hit him but stopped when he heard Will's voice over the walkie talkie

"So come and let me know, should I stay or should I go?"

El looked up at Mike as her nose was bleeding

"Should I stay or should I go? Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now?"

Mike put the drawings down and rushed up to her as she held out the walkie talkie so Mike grabbed it which alarmed Bruce

"Wait, don't-"

Mike pressed the button on the side and spoke into it

 "Will, is that you? It's Mike! Do you copy? Over"

A few moments went by as static was heard and Mike tried again but was met with the same noise. He then looked at El

"Was that...Was it..."

"Will"

Mike got an idea and quickly raced to the top of the stairs and what Bruce could guess was to bed. Bruce then looked at El and wiped away the blood that was still going down her nose, he smiled at her as she did the same.

"O-Three"

"Yeah?"

She paused for a few seconds as if she was trying to find a way to say it

"Why fight your friends for me?"

He looked at her with a confused face

"Why wouldn't I?"